The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-17 00:00:00

lIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no new feature of importance in the I i general discount market. The demand is well sustained, but there is a good supply of money, and the lowest rate for bankers' acceptances is 81 per cent. About £65,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was a slight downward movement. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £825,700, and the exports to £957,700. There was a meeting yesterday of the creditors of Meesrs. Newby, Carson, and Co., in the India and China trade, who lately failed. A statement submitted showed debts and liabilities £131,117, and assets £111,203. At the time of the failure the aggregate liabilities were £600,000, but about £470,000 was secured. An offer was made by two of the partners to pay 10s. in the pound without security, but eventually a committee of seven cre. ditors was appointed to investigate the character of the assets and report to an adjourned meeting. Twu o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Renter were quoted 65f. 85c. A rise of k per cent. has taken place in the Eng lish Funds upon a few purchases for investment. There is little animation in the department of the Stock Exchange, speculation being very quiet. Consols for money are 88/ t, and for the account 881 1. The New Threes are 861 y ; the Reduced, 86,11; Exchequ3r Bills, 12s. die. ; India 5 per Cents., 1031 104/ ; do. 5 per Cent. Enfaced, 101 1024 ; and do. Bonds, 28s. dis. In the Foreign market the movements, beyond a decline of 2 per cent. in the Confederate Loan, viz , to 80 82, have bacn unimportant, and business quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 694 70 ; ditto Consolides, 504 1; Mexican, 274 ditto New, 254 q; Greek, 231 241 ; Spanish Passive, 311 321; ditto Certificates, 131 14/ ; and Portuguese, 461 47i. _ _ In the Railway Share Market there has been very little animation, and prices have shown rather less firmness. Great Eastern, and North Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, have each shl declined A ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10 ; while ak South Eastern have improved 1. 2 The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate- 2 rial change. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, and, in too some instances, show less firmness in prices. Al- le liance have receded to 51.1 ; English and Swedish, to 14i ; London Joint Stock, to 45 ; while City is Bank hav e improved to 123; and London Financial et c have declined to 22i BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Oct. 11 BBl 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. B 6! I New 25 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June, Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 &35 per Cent. 12 dis Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 54 per Ct. Do Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 105 per Cent., April 1871.. • • Account ,•Do 5 per Cent, July, 18 7 0 Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do Certificates Do Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.).. Do 45 pei Cent. Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 18 7 2 .. 101 2i Do 5} per Cent., May, 1879 ... Do 4 per Cont., Aug. 1866 D.) Bonds .t:1,000 -- . Do under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. • Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 por Cent -- Do Acc0unt.....,.. Chilian 6 per Cent....... Do 41 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent -- Cuba, 6 per Cent. - Do b per Cent. 1864 _ Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 - Do 4 p er Cent, 1863 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisonal Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per_Cent .. Do, Second Issue Circek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Do Account Do Coupons Do Account — Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do 1839 and 1859 ........ Italian 5 per Cent. (Marommana Railway) —. Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account '''''''''' t) o 1864 —..- ,,,c , French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — 4 - 1 0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866 — Peruvian 41 per Cent Do 3 per Cent. (ITribarren)... — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 1)o Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account • • --- Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. Do Account — Ruisian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9l Do 41 per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 — Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch fliDo Scrip, £55 paid Sardinian 5 per Cent .... Do Account — Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account — Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — Do Account 12 it Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Do Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. — Do Scrip, £6O paid .-- pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account - Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds.. — Do 1863 — Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Venezuela 3 per Cent. --- Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 -- Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1861 Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Do Account Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Dutch 2} per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — Do 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Do Account Trench Rentes, 2 per Cent . Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. Pielnontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money D 0 Account..., TILE VACCINATION ACT.--A point has recently been settled at Cambridge which is likely to increase considerably the efficiency cf the Vaccination Act, 16 and 1 7 Vic., cap. 100. By th a t a ct every registrar of births is bound to keep a register of successful vaccination from daplicate certificates, directed by the same act to be trans• enitted to him by any medical officer or practitioner in his district by whom a vaccination has been performed. In :many quarters there is considerable laxity in the transmis sion of these duplicate certificates; and in the Cambridge Union, upon the complaint of the registrar, the board of guardians directed their clerk to prefer an indictment against a medical practitioner for .diFobeying the provisions of the statute, the result being that the dctaulter, by the advice of hie c uneel, compromised the case by furnishing the re quired certificate, and paying £5 towards the expense of the troceedings. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigrant ship Sandringham, 1,126 tons, Mr J. Lorden, master, belonging to Mr F. Basil, London, which sailed from Plymouth on the sth March last, arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, on the 26th of June, having on board 389 Government emigrants, under the care of Mr William Campbell, M.D., surgeon superintendent, assisted by Miss M. A. Robertson, matron. Four births and six deaths took place on the voyage. SHARE MARKETS —This day. Share] Railways. 1.14. Bir., Wol.,and Str. Val. at Blythe and Tyne. et Bristol and Exeter at Caledonian 60 Cork and Bandon 20 Cornwall 10 A gets no div till . op e.p 1100 DDoo. AB been paid to 11, 50 Dublin & Belfast June.l 25 Dun.,Pert h,& Ab. June. at Edinburgh & Glasgow. at Glasg. and S. Western.. at Great Eastern, Ord. stkl 83 E 5 123; 121 i 6 7 31 33 16 17 89 91 106 103 45 46 t Ditto A stock t Ditto East Angdian et' it GreatNorthot Scotland it Great Northern t Do A it Do B 100 100 100 100 100 6a 73 •o A stock 1 - 8 121 108 139 127 13) tO 92 671 681 do iGt. S. anti W. of Irelnn it Great Weeterr,Original 100 it Do Str Val , Yoa. stook 160 it Do. South Wales CO t 1)0, West Mid. Anciord luo f Do Newport 100 it Do Hereford 100 it Lancashire & Yorkshire' 100 it London and Blackwall 100 it Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 at Lon., Chat., and Dover; 100 st Lon. & North Western 100 at Lon. & Scv.th Western' 100 at Man., Shet, & Lincoln.! 100 50 Maryport and Carlisle. i all 1211 Dot shares... all it Metropolitan all at Midland at Do Birmtncr. & Derby 100 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 2 1 Do. shares 26 Mid fickt ,, * all at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase i 6.16.4 at Do Leeds lOO st Do York at Do Carlisle lOO 16 Do. Stook. & Darling, all 25 Do do 1855-53 10 26 Do do 15Y.,41 1 1! st North London llOO 10 Do New 10 Do Ner, 'BO4 at North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction st Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stook et Do Scot. Mid. stook 10 Shrews. and Welohpool at Shropshire Union at South Devon 464 47i 38 40 100 1' 3 114 il4i 64 66 102 (03 39 41 1101 111% 03 05 6 62i 104 i )05 129 121 i 98 100 53 64 25 't6 104} 1051 63i C4i 9.i 93} 554 36i 9 10 74 8.4 123 126 1 li p 74 75 104 11 130 135 South Eastern t (South lA/ales t IS. York. and River Dun 0 IStaines,Wok.,an.dWok. Taff Vale.. . ,0 Do B ,0 Do C st Vale of Neath st Waterford & Kilkenny t West Cornwall t W. Hartlepool Har.&R 67 69 85 17 81i 811 101 103 8 9 ICO 165 h 6 k 3 4 1 93 160 34 36 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOWIS. Fail Closing Business Prioe. done. 129 139 & 871 61 11.11 10i 91 63} 3 105 129} 105 1 82 1/ 21 ~ BEIIIbH POSSESSIONS. Railways Paid. alantie & St Lawreno torn., Barodia.Cent In Gu. 5 per aent......• . Do. E. Shares... tiunalo and LaKellurol Do. Preleronee uffalo,BrantAG d ricl p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187 00. do. July 1, 187 )0. do. June 1, 18: Jleutta.373.l 4 .lastn. (Lin 4 ;ape Town Dock Seri 10 Demerara 7 p.o. per. pi sok r:a.tn. Bengal gu. p. )Ok liast Indian. gm. 5 p. 10 Do. do. Li Ext..... 10 Do. do. II i 10... Grand Trunk of Canal. Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge o per cent DO Do. Ist free. DO Do. do. deferred...... DO Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. 00 Do. do. deferred...... 00 Do. 3d P, ef. stock 00 Do. do. deferred..... 00 Do. 4th Pref. stook... 00 Do. do. deferred...... 001 t. IndiaPentn.gua. s p.t 20 Do. New gua. 5 p. e.. ook it. South.of India(Lin , guaranteed 5 per cent ock Do. 4 per cent..... 0ckD0...... ....... avi .4 t. W. of Canada Share 20 Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt a) Do. si p. o. do. '77-8.. • Indian Branch Limited >ok Viadras. guar., sp. o. )ok Do. It p. o. Exteneloi :>ck Do. 16 do —• • 10 Do. Fifth Extension. Doi Aelb.Corp. 6p. o. Both 50 %lelb. & llobson's Bay, DO Do. 7p. C. Kortg. Bds 10 lew Bruu amok a Quid, a B. N. itl.C'daB pc Ist pi hcl , ocl Scinde ..) ocls Do. Delhi I pi 20 )o. do at 30. Punj tub .... • )0. Do. •• •• •• ock :)o. Intlus.St. Flo.) all all all all Closing Prioe. 59 6L 991 ti 01 1 dis 41 51 71 81 75 80 75 80 75 80 95 100 V 3 95 1(0 102 991 100,E 101 :01 191 201 19 10 91 94 71 73 61 63 E 6 68 55 57 53 66 45 18 29 31 26 28 1004 101; par i) 99 ICO 91 10} 101 101 81 91 82 81 d fr 99! 100 93 95 89 91 all 10G (106 110() 2 ) all 10(, 8 CO 2 6 130 81 00 100 4d par 28 100 94 96 COLONIAL GOVERN British Columbia. 6 per cent., Dec. 3 t, 1872.... Do. do. 1E83.- 7, , ti..u0v .6 p.c.Ja. RJut, 1877-81 ..... • Do. ri p. c. Feb. ct Ant. Do. 6 p. o. Mar. & Sept Do. E p. 0. Jan.&July Do. 5 Inscribed stoic, 'ape G.llope, 6p (3,187. Do.Ap &Oct. 188( Do. 189 )o. Jan. 2lt July, 1891. 7eylon, N0v.1878, 6 o ilauritius 6 p.0ent.1873 Do. - 1878 Do. 1882 Gov. 6 per cent.. 4.13. G ov. 6 J a.&J Do. 6 1). e.Ap. & Oat 4. S.W. G ov. 5 p 3.,18c. Du. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1:37i Do. d0.,1888 &upwdt few Zealand 6 p cent \lova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875. lueensland Gcv. 6 p. c. 3.Aus G6p.c.187&& up. Vlc.Gov. 6 p.a. Ja.&Jul; Do. to 6 p.c. An.&Oott.. BRITISH MINES. 'ambrian Consol. Gold I - Chiverton - noru Amalgamated. - )evon G. Cons. (Tavist. - Drakewal's . . - ~ ast Bassett (Illogan)•• •:ast Clogau Gold Ltd - East Caradon ...... - +'.ast Carn Brea - East Grenville - East Lovell .. .. - Russel (Tavlstk. 4amASt.Aubyn(G wen 4 Great Laxey, Urn...:... - I meat &mu, Tolgus.... - ;. Wheal Vor (nekton - - I er;4's-Foot - lingaton Downs - f.ady Bertha - Nlargaret (Coy Lelaot - blarke Valley.. \ I viitiv Iron Oro (Lim. ........ New 6et..)n • north Downs.. North Roskear,. ~‘V Baseet(lllo2;aL sJorth Wheal Crotty . Prosper United.... ... rovidenee( Uny Lelut. iouth Caradon(St.Clee; :.Wheal Fran. (Mogul stray Park fin Croft 1 2.1.0. du I 7 7i 30 32 SSO 590 la 65 70 :.14.• 2.7.0. s 13. 26 271 74 7 2 74 8 9 '0 9/ 5 5 7 15 15 2 24 29 30 7 74 88 40 .4 1 78 '. 'l3 2.8,6 6 8 4i 5 1} 1 27 ,9 75 85 1 1 21 21 1} 2# 3} 4} 34 4 37 39 t,OO 520 4211 474 28 30 18 19 8 9 1) IL ;05 215 92 95 17 19 111 2 14 16 205 215 19 21 1} 11 29i 3 1..6 2.80 ' 10.0. I 8.1.! 10.17. Nest Basset (Mogan), . .V Cr radon (Liskeard Nest Seton Wheat Basset (Mogan Wheal lluller(ltedruth WhealLudcott Wheal MaryAnn(lden Wheal tleton Wheal Trelawney (Lie. Wheal Union FICEFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, West Mid., Newport perp. 6 per cent. prf. opt. till '66, 117 Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct., 91i 906 I'REI4'ErtENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS, South Eastern 5 per cent., 93 FOREIGN RAILWAYS.: Antwerp and Rotterdam,.9i Bahia and.Sau Iranciscu k lix.) gua. 7 per cent., 151 FOREIGN MINEBi Cape Copper, lim., 101 Cobre Copper, 30 Yudanaututana of S. A ustralia, I BANKS. Alliance (Um.), 51k 1 Anglo Austrian, 7/ Anglo-Italian, Um., 5/ Bank of Wales, lira., 17/ City4l'.3 Consolidated Bank, Urn., 101 '0 English and Swedish, lira., 14/ Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 31 Imperial Bank of china, India, and Japan, Urn. Imperial Ottoman, 17 Land Mortgage Bank.of India, Um., 5 q London and County, 12 London Joint Stock, 45 London and W estminster, 97 Oriental BanK Corporation. 59 8/ Scinde, l'unjaub, and Delhi, Um., 12/ South E latent, lira., 8 Union of Australia, 52 Union of Ireland, lim., 20 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, 8/ Ebbw Vale, 4 f Fore-strcet Warehouse, lim., 6 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lint., 6/ Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso„ lira., Indian Carrying, Urn., International Financial :_-ociety, lim., 8/ Italian Irrigation (Canal Casour', 51 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. la7o, issued 90, 83j 4 Joint Stock Discount, lim., ea Land Securities, Lin M .dras I rrgation and Canal,:— Milwall Iron Works, 4: London Financial Association, lim., 23 National Financial, lim., 5015 Ottoman Financial Association, lim., 91 Royal Mail Steam, 95/ AN ABSCONDING CLERGYMAN.—We deeply, re. gret to learn that a clergyman in this county, of high " evangelical" reputation, has suddenly disappeared, atter borrowing considerable sums of money from more than one reverend friend, besides victimising also some lay admirers. It is said that he has darted on a continental tour with a female for his companion, leaving his wife and children without any provision whatever for their support. The living will be immediately sequestered,—Ltincolnahire Chronicle. Business don. MENT SECU 94 96 94 Or) 04 06 82 84 82 84 104 106 107 109 IGO 11l 107 10 1(9 112 01 104 .03 106 104 103 107 96 99 97 99 96 98 95j 96 99 102 99 102 LO6 108 t 08& 109. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE--This Day, SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr F. Gibbons.) SHAE.SPERE'S PORTRAIT-SINGULAR CASE-ELLIS V. POLAND. This was an action to recover a sum of money for certain portraits of Shakspere and engravings of Shakspore's house, at Stratford-on-Avon. Defendant objected to the portraits because they were not like the original. (Laughter.) His Honour (Mr Gibbons) would like to know who could decide the question, for there were half a dozon different portraits of Shakspere. Datendant produced two or three of the pictures sent in by plaintiff, and his Honour remarked that it appeared to bc. , a very good likeness, taken from the celebrated Chandcs portrait. Plaintiff—That is exactly so. Defendant had the pic tures for the fancy fair held for the benefit of the Dramatic College at the Crystal Palace. Defendant—Yes, but I could not sell them. His tionour—Let me see the engraving of the house. Well that is a very good one indeed. What is your objec tion to it ? Defendant—There is a model brougham standing at the door. (Laughter.) His Honour (laughing)—l cannot see anything to corn plain of in that. Perhaps you object to a tiger standing by the brougham. (Laughter.) Defendant—The pictures were sent on approval, and as they would not sell, I contend that plaintiff ought to take them back. Plaintiff—They have been so roughly used that I can not do so. Why defendant papered the whole of tl a in side of the Shakspere House at the Crystal Palace with en gravings, and I believe that some are actually nailed up. His Honour asked defendant how long he had kept the goods. Defendant—Till the fair was over. His llonour thought that was too long. It was clear that the goods sent on approval ought to be returnel im mediately they were found not to suit: Defendant assured the Court that the engravings were not at all damaged, and his Honour directed that they should be produced on a future day, when he could judge of the state they were in, and if plaintiff should receive them back upon certain terms. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This day. WESTMINSTER. A PROM-DIG YOUNG WOMAN.—Elizabeth Corbett, girl apparently not more than 18 or 19 pars of age, wa a chorged with the following outrageous conduct in St Luke's Workhouse, Chelsea. Miss Mary Sutton, assistant matron of the workhouse, said that the defendant was admitted there last Tuesday Last evening complainant was in the hall, and as the in mates entered for supper the defendant suddenly attacked her in the most disgraceful manner. She turned round suddenly when opposite, and slapped complainant's face, which she followed up by rushing upon her, striking her repeatedly with her fists, and throwing her on the ground. She then pulled her hair down and seized herby the throat. Mr Selfe—ls anything known of her ? Complainant—She only came out of prison on Tuesday morning. Prisoner—What of it P What has that to do with you ? You're a nice article I Mr Selfe—What was she in prison for ? Policeman —She was committed fir six weeks for break ing her mother's windows. Mr Selfe—llad you done anything to her, Miss Sutton before she attacked 3 ou ? Complainant—l had merely pointed to the seat she was to take, as it was the first time I had seen her since her ad mission. Prisoner —Why, you better mind; you laid your hands upon me, didn't you, and I paid you out, didn't I. I'll let you see what I am ; I am a devil in hell outlawed. Complainant—l did not put my hand upon her at all. William Cook said that, hearing cries, he went to the spot and found Miss Sutton upon the ground with her hair all loose about her head. Another inmate was called to show the violence of the assault. Prisoner—You're a pretty thing. Why, didn't you and me agcee to slip into her, and go to prison together ? Witness—Yes, we did; but I don't want to go to prison. Mr Selfe—Your conduct is most outrageous, and I shall commit you to hard labour for 3 months. THAMES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A MONOMONIAC.—WiIIiam Chapman, a sailor, who appeared in a very excitable and re,tless condition, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with attempting to drown himself in the London Dock. Mr John Hurley, tobacco List, of High-street, Shadwell, said that at 9 o'clock on Friday morning he saw the pri- soner deliberately jump into:the water. Ile gave an alarm and men put off in boats, and with grapnels and crags took the poor fellow out of the water. The prisoner appeared nearly gone when he was recovered from the water, and if great attention had not been paid to him he would have perished. Mr Paget asked the prisoner what he had to say to the charge T Prisoner—The Lord ordered me to do it. Mr Paget—The Lord ordered you to do it I When did .e order you to do this ? _ . Prisoner—Yes, Sir, about 9 o'clock in the morning in the London Dock, while I was standing by the side of the water. Mr Paget—Did you see the Lord. Prisoner—Yes. your Worship, Ho told me to go in the water. He was standing at the Dock. Ho said ho had a commission for me. Mr Paget—How long have you had the commission Prisoner—Since Saturday night last. Mr Paget thought the prisoner was suffering from de lirium tremens. A gentleman connected with the ship to which the pri- soner belongs said there was no doubt the prisoner was labouring under delirium tremens. He was drunk for many days in succession, and left off suddenly on Saturday night last. Tho prisoner here interposed, and said, " I know what you are talking about. You think lam mad, but lam not. I have had a call from God." Mr Paget remanded the prisoner to the Clerkenwell House of Detention, and directed that an inquiry should be made into the state of his mind. The prisoner, as he was leaving the dock, said, "You had better mind what you are about, or you will all be brought up for judgment." FEDERAL SUBSTITUTES.—A New York paper publish(s the following extract from a letter written by a member of the llth New Hampshire Regiment : Of the 300 that started for our regiment last winter only 175 ever reached it, and these were Italians, Spaniards, Irishmen, Dutch men, Frenchmen, Englishmen, Australians, Portuguese, and Hungarians. Do not think this exagger ated, for there were mon from all these nations, and pro bably some others were represented that I do not think of. On the way from Tennessee to Annapolis the majority of the 175 left us, and glad we were to get rid of them. It is the same all through the army. We have under guard note six Frenchmen, one Indian, one half.bred, one Spaniard, five Irishmen, and the remainder I should judge were a glomeration of all races under the sun. Last week we had one Turk and a couple of Australians. The next quota I expect we shall have a coui le of hyenas and a whole battalion of apes. If the people of the North are not will:ng to help us to fight the rebellion, but to every call for more troops they send us nothing but these miserable things, we shall soon have scarcely any army left, and the war must cease for that very reason."— MOUNTAIN SLIDES.—Earth, or rather mountain, slides, compared to which the catastrophe that buricd Willey family, in New Hampshire, was but a pinch of dust have often occurred in the Swiss, Italian, and French Alps. The land slip tOlich overwhelmed, and coverrd to the depth of seventy feet, the town of Plurs in the valley of the Maira, on the night of the 4th of September, 1618, sparing not a soul of a population of 2,430 inhabitants, is one of the most memorable of these catastrophes, and the fall of the Rossberg or Rufiberg, which destroyed the little town of Guldau, in Switzerland, and 450 of its people, on the 2nd September, 1806, is almost equally celebrated, In 1771, accoreing to Wessely, the mountain peak Piz, near Alleghe, in the province of Belluno, slipped into the bed of the Cordevole, a tributary of the Piave, destroying in its fall three hamlets and 60 lives. The rubbish filled the valley fur a distance of neirly two miles, and, by damming up the waters of the Cordevole, formed a lake of about three miles long and 150 ft deep, which still subsists, though reduced to half its original length by the wearing down of its outlet. On Feb. 14, 1855, the hill of Belmonte, a little below the pariah of San Stefano, in Tus cany, slid into the valley of the Tiber, which c insequently 'boded the village to the depth of bOft, and was finally drained off by a tunnel. The masa of debris is stated to have been about 3,500 feet long, 1,000 wide, and not less :than 600 high. Such displacements of earth and rocky strata rise to the magnitule of geological convulsions, but they are of so rare occurrence in countries still covered by the primitive forest, so common where the mountains have been stripped of their native covering, and in many cases so easily expli cable by the drenching of incohesive earth foom rain, or the free admission of water between the strata of rocks—both of which a coating of vegetation would have prevented, that we are justified in ascribing them for the most part to the same cause as that to which the destructive effects of mountain torrents are chiefly due—the felling of the woods. In nearly every case of this sort the circumstances of which are known, the immediate cause of the slip has been either an earthquake, the imbibition of water in large quantities by bare earth, or its introduction between or beneath solid strata. If water insinuates itself between the strata it creates a sliding surface, or it may, by its expansion in freezing, separate beds of rock, which had been nearly continous before, widely enough to allow the gravitation of the superincumbent mass to overcome the resistance afforded by inequalities of face and by friction; if it finds it way beneath hard earth or rock reposing on clay or other bedding of similar properties, it converts the support ing layer into a semi-fluid mud, which opposes no obstacle to the sliding of the etrata above,—" Man and Nature," by 0. P. ,harsh, MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The show of fruit and vegetables at our market to-day is seasonably largo. Most kinds of produce command a moderate sale at the annexed currencies:— FRUIT. S. d. s. d. Pine apples 6 oto 7 0 Foreign do., each 1 oto 2 6 Urapes,per lb 2 oto 5 0 Foreign do U oto 0 0 Melons 0 oto 0 01 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0: Apples, per ht-sv. 1 6to 2 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..10 0 to 14 0 Lemons, per 100 6 oto 8 0 Gooseberries sve oto 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 s. d. e d Mulberries,prpt 0 4to 0 6 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 Filberts, per 0 Bto 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 6 Figs, per d0e..... 0 oto 0 6 Pesches, per d 0... 3 0 to 10 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 ' Plums, per 10. .. 2 6to 3 6 Greengages, pr do. 2 6to 3 6 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch otos 0 , Shallots, per lb .. 00to 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 1 0 to 4 0 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 1 3 1.1 , td ditto 0 oto 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 6 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 9to 2 01 Beet, per doz. .. 0 o to 0 Brocoli sprouts .. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 0) oto ,20 0 S ma ll salad, p. pn, 0 o to 0 0 New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 oto 0 Turnips, dz bunch 3 6 to 4 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cos lctt, score .. 10 oto 1 3 Cucumbers 0 4to 1 0 Mint and ssvory..o oto 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 R a dishes, dz finds 0 oto 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Wrench beans,h.s. 2 to 2 6 Chillies, per ditto 0 o to 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 0 to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 New Do., dz bun 0 u 0 to 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr d o. 0 0 to 0 0 Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per ban. 0 oto 0 0 HAY MARKETS. SMITIEFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 15s ; clover: £5 03 to £6 15s ; and straw, £1 83 to £1 123 per load Trade firm. CumnEliwc.. , .m.—Meadow hay, St to £5 15s; clover, £5 to £6 1 5 8 Od ; and straw, £1 83 to £1 12s per load. A steady demand. WHITECHAPEL,—Meadow hay, £1 to £ 5 15 s ; c lover, £5 to £6 15s; and straw, £1 8 3 to XL 12s per load. An active inquiry POULTRY. Turkeys, Os 03 to Os Od ; (nese, bs Od to 7s Od eac h ; goslings, 4s to 4s 6d ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to is Gil each; wild do., 10d to is ld ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each ; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s ; chickens, 5s Od to 7s Od ; barn door fowls, 3s Od to Gs Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, is 3d to 2s ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od ; snipes, Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od; plovers, Os Od to Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to is 2 d ; English, ls 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, Ss Od to 8s 6d ; French do., Gs Od to 7s Od per 100 ; leverets, is Gd to 4 s Od ; grouse, 2s 6d to 3s 6d. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, is Od to is 6d ; trout, Od to Od : eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and . halibut, Gd per ib ; turbots, 9s Gd to 30s ; cod, 2s Od to 103 Od ; brills, Is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, is Od to 3s Od ; mullets, Os Gd to is Od ; lobsters, is Gd to 4s; crabs, is to 4s Od ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, is to 2s Gd per pair ; common oysters, 18s to 40s ; natives, 653 to B.ls per bush. ; whitings, 3s Od to lOs ; haddocks, Gs to 41s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen; mackerel, 43s to —s per 120 ; fresh herrings, Ss to Os per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 81; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 8d t o 4 s 6d ; and pork, Lis 6d to 4s 8d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECIIAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; veal, 38 8d to 43 6d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Sibs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from bid to 7d , of household do., 53 to Gd per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3/d ; 801 b to 881 b, 341 to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to Od; 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to sid 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d, Horse hides, lOs Od to Us Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, os Od to Cs Od ; half-breds, 4s 4d to 4s 9d ; Downs, 3s 10d to 4s 3d; lambs, 3s Gd to 7s Od. A Flapper for the Admiralty. Under this title " Caveto" has the following good and well-timed article in the Examiner of to-day : Sir, —Always doing, seldom done, and when done badly done at an enormous cost, is the motto of our Board of Ad miralty. The Times occationally thunders at them, but it is generally distant thunder, the Daily Telegraph speaks out, the A, my and Nacty Gazette sometimes groans with a per turbed spirit, and sometimes is satirical. All in vain, the great proprietor of the borough of Totnes, the ducal bearer of Britannia's trident, assures the House of Lords that he rules the waves, and Rear. Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, as Mr Disraeli assures us, hitches up his trowsers, and in a manly, British, mariner-like manner reperts " how many bells it is," when hie grace replies, " Make it so," and the Rouses of Lords aid Commons aro satisfied with that brief account of their affairs in true man of war fashion. The time may enme, however, when disaster must cause the country to overhaul the Admiralty logs in a sharper spirit, fur I feel convinced that disaster Alone can achieve that good end, Is it not disgraceful that, instead of arming our ships after the manner and power of other nations, we lag behind them all P Every foreign man-of•war which takes to the sea is armed with the most effective guns, while our boasted armour-clads sail up and down the channel, their officers feed and are fed by mayors and corporations, and while the people rejcice in their noble appearance, old sea men shako their heads, and exclaim, looking at their de ficient armaments, "Lucky we are not at war." I find the following passage in the last number of the Army and Navy Gazette. " Defence, armour-plated iron screw steamship, Captain Augustus Phillimore, 3,720 tons, 600 horse-power, arrived at Bristol on Wednesday, and Captain Phillimore immedi ately addressed a letter to the mayor of the city, announc• ing that her Majesty's ship was lying in the roads." Of course to be admired ; no doubt her construction as a man-of-war is admirable, but then her armament ought to be equally worthy of admiration. Now what is that arma ment ? Why it consists of ten of the old Brown Bess family of smooth-bo re d 66-pounders, and e i g ht of Arm strong's useless bree c h-l o ading whisker -sin g ein g 100- pounder rifled guns. " What a f a lling off was there !" Well, but we have seen h o w the A.ru o .ican sloop of war Kearsage was armed, let us now look at a passage in the last report of the Federal American Navy, from the United Service Gazette. " The iron-clad frigate New Ironsides, now repairing at Philadelphia, has been ordered to be prepared for sea with all possible despatch, She has been thoroughly overhauled, and it is ascertained that she received but little damage while in Charleston harbour. She will have an entirely new battery of 11-inch Dahlgren guns and two new 150- pounder Parrott rifts, The work on the new screw frigates at the Philadelphia navy yard is progressing finely, and the vessels are expected to be as good as any which will be turned out at any of the yards." Be it uuders'ood that the 130-pounder Parrott rifled guns carrying heavy charges of powder, can pierce any plates as yet invented. Verily the American s are wide awake, the reem their ships, head of their navy beresu sleepeth n ot, but as for our Board y o f Admiralty, " the throstle cock's h ead is under his win g. " 1 have now, sir, called your readers' attention to the make their abeut ? guns; Thg our best engineersare f ar West. Let me direct their observata ion to the Pe i N n orth. What the Russians to take the f o ll ow ing Iran the Ohsericr " The Russian fleet has just be en stren g the ned by t i ne addition of a magnificent iron -clad frigate; called the Sevas topol, which was launched in the Cronstadt doehe ma the 21th ult. It is stated to be one of the largest and most for • naidable of armed Vessels yet coutstruoted in Europe. She nearly equals the Black Prince and Warrior in her dimen sions, and far exceeds those of the Oloire and Normandie. At her line of flotation she measures 3JO feet in l e ngth s a nd is her greatest breadLh 52ft 3in. When ready for sea she will draw 26Ft at the poop, and 21ft at the chains. Her plates are 41in. thick, fastened toa double cowi ng o f t ea k f ro m 6in. to Pin. thick. Rer engines will have a nominal force of 800 horse power, and , she will b e arme d w i t h s t ee l gun s of the grea test calibrJ., Well, here is a nice Muscovy duck for our waters! In the time of the old Franco - Russian war, the F r ench used to say of the Russian soldiers that they were very bravo fel lows, but so utterly stupid (bcis), that when you had killed them it was necessary to knock the m d own to convince them they were dead. This I dare say is applicable enough to the Russian serf soldiery, not so to their officers, who are gene rally as polished a s they are brave, an d as well i n f orme d as in those of any service Europe. In the last war the Rus sians had to sink their own ships ; take care, in the event of another war, that they don't sink y ours. Had we not b e tter sot the Flappers to arouse the Lords of the Sleepy Vends? We have lost our best chance of putting an end to the brutal slaughter and d em oralisation of the Ameri cans of the dies - United States. Neither side thank us nor like us ; the Northerners hate us consumedly. had we taken the, part of tLe . Seutherners, away would have go ne the great Monroe doctrine, away would have skedaddled the spirit of f i libustering, away wou'd have vanished all ideas of annexing the Canadas. The South would have been closely connected with England. A nation of growers would have naturally sought a nation of importers. We should have commanded peace and secured its blessings. Let the Yankees and S ec essioners make peac e , an d h o w long will you enjoy it ? I f they unite, look out for an attempt to clip the Britishers' wings. Ido nut nican to say that we have taken a wrong course, pet hapswe have adopted the soundest of the two, becen se n iast consistent with political morality, if there be such a thing ; but I am not at all convinced that it is either the safest course, or one most comlueive to the immediate interests of the couutry. At all events, with the note of preparation all around us, it is no time fur our Ad miralty to indulge in their unwholesome slumbers. CIIIJECEI RATES AT STAPLEHURST.—At the in stance of Mr Henry Hoare, churchwarden of Step Murat, 25 summonses have lately been Ferve3 on the inhabitants for church rate, ranging from 31 to 20s. On the day of hearing at Cranbrook Petty Sessions, none of the parties summoned were in attendance. The bench adjudicated 17 cases, and in, 14 made orders for payment forthwith with coats, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, DONCASTER RACES,-FRIDAY. The Don Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b. Last mile. 6 subs, Mr R. C. Naylor's b c The Beaver (Challoner) 1 Captain Gray's b o King George (F. Adams) 2 Mr Bone's Coup d'Etat (Custance) 3 Betting-6 to 4 agst The Beaver, 7to 4 agst King George, and 3 to 1 agst Coup d'Etat. The two favourites rail in close company, King George having a slight lead, which he retained to the distance, where The Beaver headed him, and won after a fine race by a head. A bad third. The Town Plate (handicap) of 100 soya, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Red House in. Sir J. Hawley's Washington, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Mordan) 1 Mr K. H. Jones's S'eylark, yrs, Got 8,1) ~ . (Cranshaw) '2 Mr Yurk's Lytham, 3 yrs, 6st 1015 (mates) 3 The following also ran :—Argonaut, Lady Louisa, New market, Gillus, Trumps, Durham, The Beadle, Rapture, Petitioner, Jane Shore, Clairvoyante, and Farnham. Betting-2 to 1 agst Washington, 6to 1 each agst Beadle and Lytham, 10 to 1 each agst Lady Louisa and Durham, 103 to S agst Gallus, and 100 to 6 agst Clait voyanto. After a tedious delay at the post, caused by Clairvoyante refusing to face his horses, the ft ,g was lowered. Jane Shore got off in front, followed by Lytham (next the rails), SAllark, and Washington, in which order they ran to the bend, where Lytham took a clear lead. At the stand he was collared by the favourite, who, after a fine race, won by a length ; the same distance between the second and third ; Clairvoyante was fourth, Lady Louisa fifth, Rapture sixth, and Beadle and Jane Shore headed the next lot ; the last two were Trumps and Farnham, the latter of whom had been left at the post. The Doncaster Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-ads ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 6'b; the seelnd received 50 soya. Last mile and a half. 87 subs, Mr W. S. Cartwright's Ely .. (Custance) 1 Mr W. Hudson's Coast Guard ..(Challoner) 2 Mr J. Scott's Tooi-Tooi The following also ran : —Peon, Washington, Brindisi, Narbonne, Columbine, Alabama, and Durham. Betting-6 to 4on Ely, and 6to 1 agst Peon. Toci-Toni made running at a strong pace to the Red house, where Ely took a clear lead,f ollowed, next the rails, by Mr Scott's• filly and Coast Guard, to which three the race was reduced as they entered the straight. At• the dis tance the favourite increased his lead, and finally won, without an effort, by eight lengths. Coast Guard, passing Tooi-Tooi in the last stride, secured the second money by three quarters of a length, and Peon trotted in fourth, Brindisi was fifth, Narbonne sixth, and Columbine next ; the last three being Alabama, Washington, and Durham, Coast Guard pulled up lame. The Scurry Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added ; for 2-yr olds and upwards; weight for age, with selling allow ances. Red-house in. 6 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Doeford, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (L5O) (J. Grirnshaw) 1 Sir J. Hawley's S'. Alexis, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ( £m) Fordhard) 2 Mr Sidney's Chicqot the Jester, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (L5O) (King) 3 Mr H. Owen's The Doctor, 3 yrs, Tat 71b (£5O) Morgan) 0 Mr Wood's Lady Mary, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (£5O) (Warrington) 0 Betting—Even agst Doeford, 2 to 1 agst St. Alexis, and 7 to 1 agst any other. Doeford made the whole of the running, and won cle verly by three parts of a length. A bad third. The winner was bought in for 120 guineas. The Dzioaster Cup, value 300 soya, for 3-yr-olds and up wards; weight for age, with certain penalties and allow ances. About two miles and five furlongs. Lord Glasgow's General Peel, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (inc. 3)b ea.) (H. Covey) 1 Baron Rothschild's Hippolyta, 3 yrs, 6st 11lb (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr Laund's Miner, 3 yre, 7st (Whiteley) 3 Lord Glasgow's Rapid Rhone, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (carried Sat 61b) (Aldcroft) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst General Peel, sto 2 agst Hippolyla, and 100 to 30 agst Miner. Miner made the running, followed in Indian file by Hip polyta, Rapid Rhone, and General Peel, the pace being wretched until they reached the foot of the hill, where it mended. At the Red House the favourite headed his stable companion, and came on in waiting upon the leaders. When within the distance Miner gave way beaten, and Hippolyta went on with the running, but as they neared the enclosure Covey brought up the General, who had his adversary beaten in a few strides, and won with great ease by a head. Miner cantered in a bad third. The Nursery Plate of 200 soya, for 2-yr-olds. Last mile. Mr Merry's Vest colt, 7st 71b (IL Covey) 1 Mr J. Osborne's; Wild Poppy, 7st . ...( Whiteley) 2 Mr G. W. 11Iorris's Club Queen, Est 91b (Carroll) 3 The following also ran :—Pinch filly, Sweet Jessie, Lady Sykes, Mongrel, Camball, Spice, Defy, Dames Sykes filly, Purity, Anonyms, Renfrew, Proviso, Moll Flagon, Lop ear, Cochrane, and Rose of Denmark. Betting-5 to 2 agst Proviso, sto 1 agst Moll Flagon, 10 to 1 each agst Spice and Lady Cochrane, 12 to 1 each ag st the Vast colt and Camball, and 20 to 1 each agst Lop-ear, the Pinch filly, Wild Poppy, and Renfrew. After several failures Moll Flagon, the Vest colt, Proviso, the Pinch filly, Indy Cochrane, and Wild Poppy got away in advance and ran in company to the bend, where Moll Flagon gave way, followed shortly afterwards by the favou rite. Halfway in the distance the Vest colt came away, closely followed by Wild Poppy and Club Queen, the Vest colt winning by half a length; two lengths between the second and third; Proviso was fouctb, Renfrew fifth, and Lady Cochrane sixth ; Lady Sykes was next, and Defy the absolute last. The Park-hill Stakes of 60 soya each, h ft, for 3 yr-olds fillies, Bat 101 b. St Leger Course. 18 subs, Mr Robinson's Battaglia Lord Glasgow's Sister to Drake Captain Gray's Syren Mr T. Rowland's Molly Carew Lord Zetland's Bandarilla Mr Savile's Columbine (Goater) 6 Betting-6 to 4 eget Sister to Drake, 2to 1 agst Banda rifle, and 6 to 1 agst Molly Carew. Battaglia got away in advance of the favourite, made all the running, and won easily by a head; three lengths be tween the second and third. A Sweepstakes of 200 soya oacb, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 10Ib ; fillies, Bst 51b. The second saved her stake. St Leger Course. 6 subs. Lord Stamford's Cambuscan... . (Edwards) 1 Mr R. C. Naylor's Gezza Ladra............(Cha110ner) 2 Betting-10 to lon Cambuscan. Won by 20 lengths, HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. June 6, Forager, out of Doncaster St Leger. Sept 8, at 3 25 p,m., Advance, out of Portland Plate and Two Year 0:d Stakes on Thursday at Doncaster. Sept 9, at 12.55 p,m., Rufford, out of Champagne Stakes, at Doncaster—Rigolboche, out of Doncaster engagements. Sept 10, at 9 a,m., Prince ss o f W a l e s, Lady Tredegar, and Pixie, out Lf Doncaster engagements —Berkeley, out of Mary, Doncaster Plate. At 11.30 a.m , S i ster oat Of Two Year Old Handicap, at Doncaster. At 3.40 p.m., Lucky Star, out of Doncaster engagements. Sept 12, at 9 a.m., Typhoon, Jack Frost, Blue Bell, and Black Duchess, out of Doncaster engagements—colt by Orlando, out of Ludy Palmerston's dam, Syren, and Mani head, out of St Leger—Mamhead, Secrecy, and Bonnie Glen, out of Doncaster Stakes—Chalybeate, out of Park Hill Stakes, Doncaster—Windham, Bonus, and Hymettus out of St Leger. At 11 a.m., all Mr Ten Broeck's horses out of age-for-weight races closed to date, at Doncaster. At 12.55 p.m., Birdfinder, out of Portland Plate, Doncaster. At 4.10 p.m„ all Mr Hodgman's horses, out of St J.eger, After 6 p.m.. Lord of Eltham, Con traband; and Chesterfield, out of all engagements. 1864. At 10 p.m., Siva, out of all engagements, 1864. At 11.50 a.m , all Mr Saxon's horses (except Jane Shore, Bose of Danmark, and Lady Cochrane), out of Don caster engagements. Eept lg, at 9 a.m., Golden Cross, out of all engagements —Mountain Buck, out of Doncaster engagemen's—Green laud, out of Canterbury engagements. At 10.10 p.m., Hot Shot, out of Ayr Gold Cup. At 3.5 p.m., Lord Waldegrave, Out of all engagements, 1864. At 3.15 p.m., The Cripple, out of all handioaps to date. At 6 p,m., Midnight M ass, ou t o f.Doncadtor engagements. Sapt 14, at 0.7 pan., Wortham, out of Laties' Plate, Bre con. At 10.35 a.rd East Lancashire, out of Doncaster Cup. At 8,48 p.m., Blair .itiL?l and Callei Ou, out of the C am b r idgeshire Stakes. At 10 p. ,„,, Faller Ou, out of the -4and Doncaster Cup. Sept 15, at 7,15 a.m., King of Utopia, out of Cie Handicap, Doncaster. At 9.15 a.m., Sister Mary, out of all engagements this year, except Hendon. At 2 p.m., Blair Athol, out of Doncaster Cup and Stakes. Sept 16, at 9 a.m., Mountain Doe, out of Brecon engage. ments. AN ENGLISH DESERTER.—A non•commissioned officer in the garrison of Kingston, Canada West, received last month a letter dated from the camp before Petersburg, written by a deserter who, signing himself anonymously "A Gunner of the Royal Artillery," is well known. The writer Faye, "I am sorry that I was such a fool as to be persuaded to come over hero, where you are driven about worse than niggers. Please to toll my com rades not to be guided by them crimps, for they tell you that you'll get 803 dole„ but it is no such thing; all you get is 100 dols., and that they will rob you of if you don't look out. I will tell you who brought me over ; . If yen go and search their house you will find some of my clothes there. Them men ought to be severely punished, for I tell you its nothing better than trading with a lot of cattle. There aro some more that are trying to get away, and they say they will got them away in spite of you. Please toll them if they know when they are well off they will stop where they are, unless they want to be treated worse than slaves. Please to put this in the papers, so as no other soldier shall be duped. Please tell them not to believe their -- lies, for it is all false ; what they want is to sell them as slaves. They ought to be found out and punished. I would freely do four years to be back again. Please lot my comrades see this." Despatches were yesterday sent from the Colonial Office to the Governors of the West India Islands, Hondu• ras, Vancouver's Isknd, and British Columbia, LidTIES. ICB 91 The King of Dahomey Yesterday, at the meeting of the British Association, Captain R. H. BURTON read a paper on " The Ethnology of Dahomey," of which the following is a pretty full re port : "In the year 1863 and 1864 I twice visited Dahomey, a country the savage and somewhat peculiar customs of which have made for it a name in Europe. My first flying trip lasted one month—from May 18 to June 17. It extended only to Kana, a ruined town where the King Villagiatura was in country quarters. The second visit was prolonged to nearly three months, between Dec. 8, 1863, and February 26, 1861, and its length enabled me to learn a modicum of the Ff on, or national language. lam induced to offer the following remarks in the belief that my experi ence will rectify many popular fancies. Few places in Africa have been more cepiously written of than Dahomey, and yet so well informed a journal as the Satui day _Re view (July 4, 1863) gravely tells its readers that "the King of Dahomey has letely been indulging in a sacrifice of 2,000 human beings, simply in deference to a national prejudice, and to keep up the good old customs of tho • country." It will presently arpear how the reviewer misunderstood the matter. And first of the word*Dahomey—not Daho'me. The existence of this once great military empire was first made known to Europe by a letter dated Aboney, Nov. 27, 1724, addressed by Mr. B. Lamb or Lambe, agent for the English African Company, to Mr Tucker, the Commandant of the English Fort Whydah. In it he describes, as an eye witness, the dreadful slaughter of the people cf island and independent city, by the conquering King Aga gia Dosu cf Dahomey, "when there was no stirring for bodies without heads. and had it rained blood it could not have been thicker on the ground." Yet the Kings of the rival settlements were Scotch cousins after the following fashion; "About 1620, an old and wealthy chief of Allada Proper, died, and left his dominions to his three sons. These agreed that the eldest should reign in his father's stead, which he did in peace and prosperity, under the name of Allude Khosa, or King. of Allada. ' De' the youngest or some say, the second, invaded the upper waters of our charts, and founded Hwebona,' which we have since known as Little Ardrah, or Porto Novo. Hence the Daho mien King still calls him of Hwebona brother, although now under French protection. . . The little province of Ukwaur belonged to a chief named Aursee, who allowed the ambitious stranger to settle there, Dalto, by degrees be coming powerful, encroached upon a neighbouring king dom, Daub, meaning the shade in the rainbow. As his followers greatly increased, and he was even seeking more ground from Daub, the latter exclaimed in truth, ' Son, thou wilt build upon my stomach.' Daula bided his time, slew the king, and erected upon his corpse the old palace of Dahore, meaning the Dauh's stomach. Hereupon the Ffons changed their name to Dahomans, and thee., about 1625, arc se the once great military empire familiar to the ears of Europe. The extent and population of Dahomey has been grossly exaggerated. Its superficies cannot be more than 4,000 square miles. Commissioner Forbes put its po pulation down at 200,000 ; M. Walloon, 900,000 ; Commo dore Wilmot, 180,000. I would reduce it to 150,000, of whom perhaps four-fifths are women and children. The population is not a third of what the country could support. The annual withdrawal of both sexes from industry to slave hunting and the customs of the capital, the lack of repro duction in Amazons, and the losses by disease, have made the country in parts a desert. So contemptible is the Afri can Power which is perhaps the best known throughout Europe. Capt. W. S, Cumming . is the first Englishrhan that visited a Dahoman monarch. Since his day (1726) the custom has been regularly kept np. . . The grand cus toms take placeonly after the death of a king. They cele brate the annual rites in splendour and in bloodshed. Tra vellers give terrible accounts of the slaughter which accom panies the rites. Dalzell (1791) said they lasted three months, and were marked almost every day with human blood. Capt. Taylor and Mr Hogg, Governor tf A.ppalonia, were present, and both affirm that not less than 500 men, women, and children, were sacrificed. The last grand cus toms were performed in November, 1850, by the present so , vereign, in honour of the manes of his father. The horrors of the rite were exaggerate I with ridiculous adjuncts: It was reported that the King floated a canoe and 'paddled himself in a tank full of human blood. Tho report arose from the custom of collecting the gore of the victims in pits about 2ft deep and 4ft diameter. The reports of Wesleyan missionaries show that very little change has taken place in regard to the number of victims. The yearly customs form continuations of the grand custom, and periodically supply a departed monarch with fresh attendants in a shadowy world, The Dahomiane declare that this world is man's plantation, and the next is his home. They of course own no future state of rewards and punishments. The number of victims has been greatly swollen by report. Mr James at the beginning of the present century found the maximum of three several years to be 65. Commissioner Forbes owns that in the later years of the King's reign, not more than 36 heads fell. During try second visit 40 men were put to death. I presume that an equal number of women were sent to the next world, but if so the executions took place within the place. The men were all criminal and war cap tives. No innocent Dahomian is ever killed on these occa sions, and the King imprisons those accused of capita' offences. He is so particular about the lives of his subjects that throughout the empire coroner's inquests must follow every death, and certify that it has not been violent. The time of execution is the hour of darkness. The public stays within doors under pain of death. The King per sonally superintends the executions. Some are clubbed and others aro beheaded by the Mingham, or Premier. The second Minister also takes his part in the tragedy. After death the bodies aro exposed in the market place for a few days, after which they are thrown into the city ditch. It is not, however, at the customs that the great loss of life takes place. At in the city of Great Benin and at Thomasi, the capital of Ashanti, almost every day wit nesses some deed of blood. Whatever action, however trivial, is performed by the King, it must be reported to his sire., A victim, almost always a war captive, is chosen, the menage is delivered to him, an intoxicating draught of rum follows it, and he is despatched in the best of humours. I heard of only one case where the victim ob jected to lose his life; but those who were prepared for the customs which I witnessed sat looking at the various cere monies beating time to the music, and eyeing all my move ments. At my request the King pardoned about half of them, but no man thanked me. There are two ethnological particulars in Dahomey which require notice—the corpo real duality of the King and the precedence of women over men. The monarch is double, two kings in one. The King has two courts, masculine and feminine, and the high offi • cars of both courts correspond in name and dignity. Of the Amazons about two-thirds are said to be maidens— a peculiar body in Africa—the remaining third having been married. The fighting are not de facto married to the Bing, but it may take place at his discretion. The Amazons affect male attire, especially when in uniform. There is nothing savage or terrible in their appearance. When young they are compelled to dance, to taxs violent exer,ise, which ren ders them somewhat lean. As they advance in years they grow in weight, and many of them are subjects for the treatment of Mr Banting. The soldiers are not divided into regiments. There are, however, throe distinct bodies. The King generally pays distinguished strangers the compli ment of placing them in command. I had this honour, but was not entitled even to inspect my corps. In 1863 I saw all their women troops marching on service out of Kann, and a careful computation gave a grand total of 2,038 ; but of these one-third or one-half were unarmed or half armed. On Tuesday, March 16, 1864, the present King carried out his favourite project—an attack upon Abeponta, where his father had left name and fame. The attempt was contemp tible in the extreme, and resulted in a loss of 1,000 killed and about 2,000 captured. Thus Dahomey yearly loses prestige. JOHN FROST, THE CHARTIST.—Mr John Frost the welt known Chartist leader of Monmouthshire has lately reappeared in public. Since his return to this country through the Queen's clemency he has lived in re tirement at Stapleton, near Bristol. In his 84th year, as he tells us, a halo and hearty man, he is now engaged in writ ing a series of letters to a Newport contemporary, the Star of Gwent; and it is curious to see how the opinions of this once formidable leader of the mob have been toned down by time and circumstances. Adversity has, no doubt, done much, and it is not presuming to believe that the gradual, safe, and satisfactory progress of our political system has not left even for Chartism, at least in its formidable guise, a leg to stand upon. In one of his letters Frost gives interesting details of his life after he was convicted. On his way to Van Diemen's Land in the Mandarin convict ship, he was asked to join a mutiny. " When we were within a few days' sail of the Cape of Good Hope a prisoner brou t , -ht me a letter. The writer was a prisoner , a smart He had been a mate of a ship, and was pretty little man. • "` was handed to me with great caution, well educated, . a. to be known to me only. I read as it it contained sometn.,_ " that it was the determine. it, In this letter I was informets Um of the far greater part of the prior).._ to take possession they begged of the ship; that, having great confidence LLle' that mo to join in the plan; and the writer assured me an y orders should be obeyed.' Th is letter p ut me into an awkeid position. To conceal it from the superintendent, should the fact come to his knowledge, would have been deemed a crime, and of the worst sort. On tho other hand, I dii not like to betray the writer. I showed the letter to Mr Williams. He seemed to favour the experiment. ' Let us look at the matter carefully,' said I. ' Suppose this should be a trap. We have made one mistake ; do not let us make another. Suppose we should attempt and be killed, it would not be a very honourable death I Suppose we should succeed, do you think that we should exercise authority over the oy prid - soners I will have nothing to do wi th it. I destr . e the letter." On arriving at their desti na tion the superin ss. - tendent intercedes with the Governor, but without succe " When the superintendent returned' on board ho repeated to us the conversation which he had had with the Governor, and he assured us—and I believe sincerely—that ho was sorry he had not succeeded. Frost,' said he, 'we are about to part in souility for ever. lam happy to tell you that since yhave been under my corn. mend you have acted the part of a gentleman; and mark,' said he, looking at me very s ignificantly, nothing that you said, nothing that you did, was unknown to me; and with this knowledge I again repeat that you have acted the part , of a gentleman. I address the same language to you, Wil liams."rhis language set me thinking, and it confirmed suspicions which I had previouly formed. ' Nothing that you said, nothing that you did, was unknown to me. Then • he must have bee n acq uainted with the affair of the letter. No doubt of it,l SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. I GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette of the 13th says—" The States of Southern Germany appear to be resign% ing themselves to the reconstitution of the Zollve. rein. A letter from' Studtgard states that the Minister of Finance urgently demands that the new 7.Alverein shall be adhered to before the Ist of October, and the Kin?, of Wurtemberg is said to have stated in private conversations that the nen. acceptance of the Frencti Treaty of Cammoree was impossible. In Bavaria M. de Schrenk, it is true, is said to have declared that he would never affix his signature to that document, but his refusal may be got over. There is at present no Minister of Com. merce in that country, although the Budget provides for the formation of such a.ministrv, and grants the funds of the Minister's salary. Oae will there - fore be appointed who may sign the treaty without that fact preventing M de Schrenk from remain ing President of the Council." The Departure of Muller for London. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Inspector Tanner, with Muller, left Liverpool his morning by the 9 o'clock express train, whi c h Ls due at Euston■Egnare at 2.30. ARRIVAL OF MULLER AT BOW-STREET. At 25 minutes before 3 o'clock this afternoon the Liverpool express train drew up to the ticket platform of the London and North •Western Railway near the Camden-sta• tion. The first face which was recog• nised by those who had the privilege of being on the platform, was that of Inspector Tanner, who gaarded his window, that of the carriage, 'carefully, so as not to allow even a chance of escape. lie was taken to the police-station at now street, and the charge of murder formally entered against him by Inspector Tanner. The examination will take place on Monday. The Self-Accused Murderer of Mr. Briggs, EXAMINATION AND DUCHARGE—TIIIS DAY. At the Worehip-street Police-court, before Mr Cooke, this morning, George Augustus King was charged on remand upon his own confeesion with being concerned with Muller in the murder of Mr Briggs. Mr B. J. Abbott said that since the last OCCUIOII the evidence that could be produced was strongly in favour of the prisoner, but his conduct was by no means satisfactory. Thomas Richbat, a ticket collector at Fenchureb.-street, said he saw the late Mr Briggs at the foot of the North London stairs at a quarter to ten on the night of the murder. Mr Vann, on the part of the accused, said that when he was charged upon his own confession with being the mur derer, he also was charged as" drunk and incapable." Mr Abbott said that the prisoner had written a most ex traordinary letter to Mr Briggs, jun., and, as it was in court, perhaps it had better be read. Mr Safford, clerk, then read the letter, which was sent from Coburg-cottages, Ford-row, dated July 15, 1864. In it the prisoner said that he condoled with the bereaved family, and called down the vengeance of Heaven upon the guilty murderer, as the law of the land was to mild for such wretches. He (prisoner) having assisted in conveying the body of the late Mr Briggs to the Mitford Arms, de dared that he had been nearly run over by a passing train while on the line, and he hoped, as he had lost three or four days' work, that he should receive a trifle from Mr Briggs. Mr Leigh, gentleman, of Hackney, said he knew the late Mr Briggs, and saw him at Bow on the night of the alleged murder. There were two men in a first-class car riage with him, but prisoner was certainly not one of those two. Mr Inspector Honey said the prisoner had been on the stage. Mr Cooke told the prisoner that his own confession had been upset by the most positive evidence, and he would be discharged ; but he had been most properly punished, and it was to be hoped that the result of this case would deter other persons from foreinK themselves upon the public. The prisoner was discharged. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evenings FOREIGN OFFICE, SEPT. 16. It is hereby notified that Eul ltussell, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affdira, has received from Mr Walsham, in charge of her Majesty's Legation in Mexico, a despatch, inclosing a copy of a decree by which the blockade established in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Pacific Coast of Mexico has been raised. The following is a copy of the decree above referred The official journal published yesterday the following decree, under date July 29 : Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, Desiring to afford to commerce a proof of the interest which we take in its freedom and prosperity, we have de creed and do decree— Art. 1. The blockade of all the ports of the Empire, both in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Pacific, is raised. Our Secretary of Finance, in communicating the present decree to the Maritime Customs authorities, will transmit to them the necessary instructions. Given at the Palace of Mexico, July 29, 1864. (Signed) MAXIMILIAN. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT 15. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint his Excellency the ltight Hon. Sir Andrew Buchanan, K.C.8., now her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni potentiary to the King of Prussia, to be her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary to the Em peror of All the Russias. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint his Excellency the Right Honourable Lord Napier, Kt., now her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni potentiary to the Emperor of All the Russias, to be her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia. DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 15. The Queen has been pleased to ratify and confirm the appointment of Hugh Williams Austin, Esq ,to be a Member of the Privy Council of the Island of Jamaica:. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 6. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto George Crowther, of Brandon Lodge, in the township of Wi g t o n, in the parish of Harewood, in the county t f York, gentleman, her Royal licence and authority that he may, in compliance with a condition in the last will and testa ment of John Wigglesworth, of Brandon aforesaid, de ceased, henctforth take and use the surname of Wiggles worth in lieu of that of Crowther : And also to command that the said Royal concession and declaration be recorded in her Majesty's College of Arms. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 14. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary o f State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Charge d'Aff.tires at Saint Petersburg, enclosing a copy of a Russian Imperial Order fixing the duty on un cleaned rice imported into Saint Petersburg by sea, at 30 copecs the pod. ADMIRALTY, SErr. 15. The undermentioned Commanders have been promoted o the rank of Retired Capt sin from the Ist July, 1864, under the provisions of the Order in Council of the 9th July, 1864 ;—Henry St John Georges, William Montagu Isaaieson George Pasco, Herbert Grey Austen, Robert Jenner, and Robert Phillips. Alexander Kent, was promoted to the rank of Paymeg • ter-in-Chief on the Retired List, on the sth September, 1864. DAY, LONDON, Sept. 17.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; moderate . breeze and cloudy; heavy rain in the night. FALMOUTH, Sept. 16.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Roslin Castle, for Dublin and Melbourne. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Azonian, from London for Palma—Joseph and Mary, from London for Rio Janeiro. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 15.—Arrived—Lord Warden, from LGndon for Madras. CARDIFF, Sept. 14.—Wind for Grenada: KINGROAD, Sept. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Franz, from Riohibucto for Gloucester. BRISTOL, Sept. 15.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived.—Mar garet Fa'coner, from Cuba. SWANSEA, Supt. 16.—Wind S.W. — Sailed—Herodian, I t ,: Valparaiso. (132 MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) G RAVESEND, Saturday. Morning. Arrived, Sept. 16 —Thomas and Elizt.beth, from Guern.. s o f —Giulia, from Concepcion—Sarah Black, from New York—Glen, from Osten—Eclipse, from Trieste—George Otto, from New York. Sailed, Sept. 17.—Neva, steamer, for Dunkirk—Rolland, steamer, for Ostend..-Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne-- Velocity, for Calais. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed.—Glenbrook, from Jamaica—Garibaldi (brig) 'corn Belize—both for London—London (screw steamer) from London, for Gibraltar. Anehored.—harry McCarthy, for Taganrog—Chamois Alberto, for Oporto—both from London—Sua Flower, from Sunderland, for Gibraltar. Sailed.—Arab Steed and Heather Bell, with others, for the West. Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day, Market better on Chines news, and the peace Idea is entirely p lEscd km:ay. Sales, 6,000 or 7,000 bales, at id. to ld. advance. 100 100 100 100 100 1•o} 9 10 10) 3 / 4